President Donald Trump’s January inauguration became a pared-down affair due to freezing weather, but that didn’t stop the office of Oregon’s lone Republican congressman from spending big on the three-day weekend.

The office of Oregon’s U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, a Republican representing the state’s 2nd Congressional District, spent more than any other member, or their office, of the U.S. House of Representatives on travel during the inaugural weekend. That includes airfare, lodging, meals and rideshares reimbursed from his taxpayer-funded congressionally allocated budget.

Bentz’s staffers spent six times the average amount their peers in House offices spent over the weekend on all travel expenses — more than $20,000 — and nearly four times the average amount House members or their staff sp

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